It’s An Ideal World
A first and fourth in the Gr1 Woolavington as Mauritzfontein Stud celebrate the ‘arrival’ of their exciting stallion Ideal World
2nd June 2015
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A first and fourth in the Gr1 Woolavington as Mauritzfontein Stud celebrate the ‘arrival’ of their exciting stallion Ideal World
Milnerton based Mike Bass remains in the top five on the national trainer log and with Ormond Ferraris and Dennis Drier retains his status as a leader on the SA trainer’s senior tour. He showed his prowess at Kenilworth on Sunday with a feature double that included the trifecta in the R150 000 Listed Olympic Duel Stakes
It was a big feature winning weekend for the Armitages of Sandown Stud. After French Navy’s crushing win in Saturday’s Gr1 at Greyville, Adam Marcus saddled another Sandown product when the talented Horse Chestnut filly Crystal Cavern made up many lengths to win the Stormsvlei Mile
Two Hemel ‘n Aarde Stud bred 3yo sons of Irish Gr3 winner Latino Magic dominated the finish to the R100 000 Kimberley Classic run at Flamingo Park on Monday
The in-form Mike Bass saddled the R250 000 Gr3 Winter Classic exacta at Kenilworth on Sunday as 2009 Equus Champion Sprinter Rebel King broke the ice siring his first stakes winner
Tara Laing’s crack stayer Crown Of Gold is on track for a hat-trick in South Africa’s longest race to be run at Fairview on 26 June. The son of Silvano downed classy Cape challenger Paddy O’Reilly in Friday’s R150 000 Listed Glenlair Trophy
French Navy made his R100 000 CTS Ready To Run price tag look silly when he boosted his career earnings to over R3 million in just seven months of racing with a sensational victory in Saturday’s R2 million Gr1 Daily News 2000 at Greyville
Dean Kannemeyer trained past Gold Cup winners, Colonial Girl (2000) and In Writing (2012) and he thus has a good feel of what it takes to win South Africa’s premier marathon
Trainer Alec Laird won his second KZN Breeders Million Mile in three years when Anton Marcus produced the Bezrin gelding Bezanova at the right moment to win the topliner on the well patronised KZN Breeders’ raceday at Greyville on Sunday
After the disappointing news about the injury of Triple Crown star Louis The King, trainer Geoff Woodruff had plenty to smile about when his magnificent grey Jet Master filly Touch The Sky came back to best to clinch the honours in sensational style
Dennis Drier trained Captain Of All confirmed his status as the leading male sprinter in South Africa when he stormed to an emphatic victory in Saturday’s R1 million Gr1 Tsogo Sun Sprint at Scottsville
Owner Stanley Chan announced the three-time Horse of the Year’s retirement on Friday 13 September at trainer Francis Lui’s Sha Tin stable
SA champion jockey stepped out under the Ridgemont flag for the first time at Hollywoodbets Durbanville today
‘We want to deliver the best quality racing on a consistent basis. That’s what we are striving for. We do not want to host the most racemeetings for the sake of it’
Just hours after the Springboks beat the All Blacks in Cape Town to lift the 2024 Freedom Cup, an equine speed merchant that first saw the light of day just 130km away from the DHL Stadium was announcing his arrival on the US racing scene
